October 19, 2007 / Community

Area construction projects have local motels and RV parks filled with more RV parks on the drawing boards for the surge of construction workers expected when work starts on the new ThyssenKrupp steel mill at Calvert. More...

Thomasvile police arrested a man last week for indecent exposure. Earnest Darrell Butler was in a phone booth when he was observed exposing himself. He told officers he needed to use the restroom and didn't think anyone saw. More...

Nurse Claretta James has been selected as Employee of the Month at Theodore High School in the Mobile County Public School System. James was nominated because of her outstanding dedication to the students at this school. More...

Students at Grove Hill Elementary will begin selling cookie dough on Oct. 18. This is a huge PTA fundraiser for the school. This year the money earned from this sale will be used to help purchase needed desks and furnishings. More...

The United States Department of Agriculture's Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced recently that it has approved expansion of the Adjusted Gross Revenue-Lite (AGR-Lite) plan of insurance in Alabama, clearing the way for producers in need of insur More...

America's farmers and ranchers will soon have the opportunity to make their voices heard and help shape the future of agriculture for years to come. That opportunity will come to their mailboxes in the form of the 2007 Census of Agriculture. More...

Hank Sanders (right), State Senator for the 23rd District, is shown presenting a check to Harold Agee in the amount of $3,300 for the Opine-Tallahatta Springs Volunteer Fire Department of Thomasville. Contributed Photo More...

I've just come back from the fair in Montgomery! Not because I wanted to take the grandkids to a big fair; the fair in Jackson offers everything found in Montgomery. I took them because Erin with many other area girls who attend Mrs. More...

Training for parent educators in Clarke County's Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters, HIPPY program was held at Clarke County Department of Human Resources in Grove Hill Oct. 15-17. More...

Locco-Creel Luci Selena Locco and Jesse Daniel Creel, both of Baltimore, Md. will exchange wedding vows Saturday, Oct. 20 in Baltimore. Miss Locco is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Mario Locco of Parkville, Md. Mr. Creel is the son of John R. More...

The annual Jackson Fire Prevention Parade was held Oct. 10 featuring firefighters and firefighting vehicles, high school marching bands, Boy and Girl Scouts, dance teams, and cheerleaders of every age from all over Clarke County. More...

Dunagan of Coffeeville, president of the Clarke County Cattlemen's Association. "I contribute a lot of it to these new type of dishes (which promote use of beef)." Area cattlemen pay money into a "Check Off" program every time a cow is sold. More...